41  Tony DeMartinis Class: Senior Hometown: Sun Valley,Calif. High School: Notre Dame High Height / Weight: 6-5 / 255 Position: Tight End Experience: 3L

Was a backup at defensive end as a freshman and sophomore, before switching over to tight end for 2008 spring drills ... During 2008 fall camp, played both sides of the ball ... Starter at defensive end in the 2008 opener, before missing the remainder of the year due to injury ... Practiced exclusively at tight end for 2009 spring camp ... SDSU scholar-athlete.

2008: Was listed No. 1 on the two-deep at defensive end and No. 3 at tight end ... Started at defensive end against Cal Poly ... Registered his first career sack, before leaving the game due to injury ... Did not play for the remainder of the year after having knee surgery

2007: Played in all 12 outings, posting a career-high 10 tackles ... Had one assisted tackle in the loss to WSU ... Two tackles at ASU ... One solo effort vs. Cincinnati ... Career-best three tackles in the win over CSU ... One stop in the wins over Wyoming and UNLV and against TCU.

2006: Appeared in 10 games as a reserve ... First career games against UTEP, Wisconsin, Utah and San Jose State ... First career tackle was behind the line of scrimmage at BYU ... Two stops versus Air Force and TCU ... One solo effort in the win over Colorado St.

2005: Ended up redshirting as a true freshman, but impressed the coaching staff early in fall camp ... Listed as the backup behind Antwan Applewhite for the season-opener with UCLA ... Appeared on the depth chart for several early contests before ultimately redshirting.

High School: A first-team all-region pick by the Los Angeles Times and rated by Rivals.com as the nation's No. 31 prospect at weakside defensive end and one of the top 100 prep players in California ... A SuperPrep all-region selection ... Knights are three-time CIF champs and were ranked as high as 11th in the country during his senior season ... All-San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Daily News all-area team and a first-team all-CIF selection ... Also earned two varsity letters in baseball ... An honor student and an academic all-CIF selection.

Personal: Born March 15, 1987, in Glendale ... Son of Jack and Madeline DeMartinis ... Father played football at UCLA ... Brother, Sam, plays football at Cal ... IEarned his bachelor's degree in business with a focus in real estate this past spring ... Will be working toward his master's degree in homeland security.

DeMARTINIS' CAREER STATISTICS

Career Highs: Tackles: 3 at CSU (10/6/07); TFL: 1 at BYU (10/7/06).